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[HollovVpo1nt]

shoot already!! it's like the want to pass till they are inside the goal.

They play like I play in Fifa

 

[Patrick Bateman]

I want to see the McGeady-spin!

 

[Keyser Soze]

Heroic defense.

WWII-like

 

[Desmond]

Ireland is so bad, Spain will pay dearly if they dont score more goals.

Hey! We qualified. We're not bad. Just a little bit worse than those play-actors...

 

[opticalmace]

The Third part of the pitch.

Oh... well shit.
lol

 

[Hackbert]

imagine the game without the early goal..lol

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Oh man, longest last five minutes before the half...so painful to watch, poor Ireland! Just blow the whistle ref exactly at 45:00! Please!
Edit: or maybe not.

 

[SunhiLegend]

Spain should have scored more by now, playing some excellent football, just haven't been able to finish some of their chances.

 

[K1LLER7]

Spain's pressing is brilliant. Ireland have no time on the ball.

Impressed with Torres too, done better than Fabregas in the first match IMO

 

[Juicy Bob]

I want to see the McGeady-spin!

Which he himself apparently can't do in FIFA, despite it being in the game.

 

[macksplack]

They play like I play in Fifa

you must be really good at fifa

 

[Nevasleep]

Well that's my next suit sorted.

 

[bjaelke]

Commentator almost had a stroke thanks to Keane's chance

 

[Clegg]

We could really have done with Roy Keane in his prime for this game.

He would have had an answer to Xavi and Busquets.

 

[Meus Renaissance]

Who wants a FIFA match after this? Spain v Ireland? On the Xbox

 

[HollovVpo1nt]

you must be really good at fifa

I am tbh


Edit:^lol

 

[Wilbur]

Spain should have scored more by now, playing some excellent football, just haven't been able to finish some of their chances.

And this is why I disagree with Meus. They aren't clinical enough, they're happy to fuck about for 5 hours with the ball. Torres is the only one looking to score.

 

[Brinbe]

Well, that final minute was a little more interesting. Too bad there wasn't more of that.

And despite the Spanish possession, Ireland constantly have a lot of men defending in the box, so I don't think the current scoreline is too surprising. Once Ireland open up more, there'll be better chances to come.

 

[bud]

iniesta and pirlo are the best players of the tournament so far.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Lads.

We're absolute shit.

Lets not forget that UEFA want to expand the tournament to 24 teams.

If we're able to qualify for this 16 team tournament then can you imagine the shite that will be in the Euros when its expanded?

Just have a look at the WC with countries like Saudi Arabia or Jamaica in the last years.
Ireland is way better than that.
And Euro >>> WC, if comes to the niveau.

 

[Meus Renaissance]

And this is why I disagree with Meus. They aren't clinical enough, they're happy to fuck about for 5 hours with the ball. Torres is the only one looking to score.

That they are the best?

 

[Divius]

Spain should be scoring more. I predicted 4-0.

 

[Desmond]

We could really have done with Roy Keane in his prime for this game.

He would have had an answer to Xavi and Busquets.

Hopefully He would have demolished Busquets . Waste of Oxygen that lad imo sadly . The thought of Xavi vs Keane is making me hot and bothered.

 

[Arjen]

Holy boring match Batman..props to those Irish fans, my highlight of the match so far.

 

[ColossalLazy]

Spain with so many chances and failing to score, so bad.

 

[Nevasleep]

Torres to score next 6/1

 

[Wilbur]

That they are the best?

Yeah. Much like I would argue Madrid are ahead of Barca right now at club level. They take chances instead of faffing.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Great first half by Ireland!!!

 

[ptolemy]

Bring of Paul Macshane! and Hunt! Drive the fear into them

 

[NH Apache]

I stand by my upset prediction.

1-0 at half is not impressive.

Edit: Especially with people calling 4-0

 

[RaGe_pt]

I would love to see Ireland score just to watch the Irish fans cheer! =)

 

[Wilbur]

Hopefully He would have demolished Busquets . Waste of Oxygen that lad imo sadly . The thought of Xavi vs Keane is making me hot and bothered.

Busquets is a phenomenal phenomenal player

 

[Clegg]

Hopefully He would have demolished Busquets . Waste of Oxygen that lad imo sadly . The thought of Xavi vs Keane is making me hot and bothered.

Busquets is a horrible diver but he's genuinely one of the best players on the planet.

He's the best defensive midfielder in the world too.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

We could really have done with Roy Keane in his prime for this game.

He would have had an answer to Xavi and Busquets.

Busquets would've gotten him out of the game in 5 minutes.

 

[joeygreco1985]

Great first half by Ireland!!!

Simply incredible!

 

[ClassyPenguin]

Spain always plays the possession game.

 

[Nevasleep]

Great first half by Ireland!!!

What site is that from?

 

[Meus Renaissance]

Anyone up for a game on FIFA?

 

[Meier]

Kabouter: Not sure if you have the ability to do this, but NimbleDave from NimbleBit made an account to participate in the Pocket Planes thread.. are you able to push him through? Or can you give a heads up to Evilore to do so perhaps?

Thanks!

 

[Desmond]

Busquets is a horrible diver but he's genuinely one of the best players on the planet.

He's the best defensive midfielder in the world too.

I've never once seen him do anything particularly special.....To be honest, there's hardly other Bid Name DMs at the mo is there? Hell, Scotty Parker is a better DM than him

 

[bud]

Great first half by Ireland!!!

it's always better to be in the black than to be in the red!

 

[Sviatoslav]

Great first half by Ireland!!!

Ireland almost had 40% possession? How?

 

[Keyser Soze]

What site is that from?

Flashscore. Great site for keeping track of games you cannot watch live

(It a real life Football Manager )

 

[Yen]

I've never once seen him do anything particularly special.....To be honest, there's hardly other Bid Name DMs at the mo is there? Hell, Scotty Parker is a better DM than him

Get out.

ITV just played audio of the Irish gif girl. haha

 

[bjaelke]

CastrolEDGEfootball ‏@castrolfootball
HT: Xavi and Xabi Alonso (106) have completed more passes (excl. crosses) than the whole #IRL team put together (104) in the first half.

 

[Wilbur]

I've never once seen him do anything particularly special.....To be honest, there's hardly other Bid Name DMs at the mo is there? Hell, Scotty Parker is a better DM than him

The point is he doesn't do anything special. He mops up, he's there to receive passes and give passes, he makes space for himself and other players, he makes the key transition from defence to midfield. He's genuinely one of the most intelligent players I've seen in football.

 

[Kabouter]

Kabouter: Not sure if you have the ability to do this, but NimbleDave from NimbleBit made an account to participate in the Pocket Planes thread.. are you able to push him through? Or can you give a heads up to Evilore to do so perhaps?

Thanks!

EviLore just pushed it through.

 

[Clegg]

Busquets would've gotten him out of the game in 5 minutes.

Keane has a reputation as a thug but he was a very good footballer.

In his prime he was one of the best midfielders in the world.

He made Zidane his bitch when they faced each other.

 

[Gareth Bale]

When you take into account that Spain are only 1-0 up, what's so impressive about those stats?

 

[GQman2121]

I've been swamped at work today. How has Torres been fairing? I see that he scored minutes after kickoff.